This project is an independently researched investigation into the efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as a treatment for depression. As a third-year university project, it draws on a wide range of sources, including scientific studies, data, interviews with industry leaders, and firsthand accounts from individuals who have used tDCS to manage their mental health. In addition to the scientific and clinical perspectives, the project also explores cultural factors surrounding mental health treatments, offering a holistic view of how tDCS is perceived and utilised in various societal contexts.

When managing associate Tanya Sadoughi found a recurring problem in the banking and finance practice, she put her newfound coding skills to the test and created a tool that is now used across the firm globally.

For years, Linklaters managing associate Tanya Sadoughi spent most of her weekends learning. Coding courses, AI courses and experimenting by building and training machine-learning models, including neural networks—all so she could understand what was coming for legal work in a world of AI.

But one weekend in the summer of 2024 stood out. One issue that had cropped up for her time and time again as a lawyer in the London finance and banking department was providing more regular fee updates. Partners felt the admin drag, and annual client surveys echoed the same message: more frequent fee updates would help clients internally from a budgeting and reporting perspective.

The team will provide support to the firm's client-facing lawyers around the world.
Linklaters has unveiled a new global cohort of 20 specialist AI lawyers, marking an expansion of the firm’s technology-driven legal capabilities.

The newly assembled team, recruited from a mix of external talent and existing Linklaters practitioners, will work across the firm’s international network to provide direct, specialised support on artificial intelligence matters, according to a firm statement.

According to the firm, the initiative is designed to accelerate the development and deployment of innovative AI-enabled legal solutions for clients.

Partners and experts from firms such as Sidley, A&O Shearman, Norton Rose Fulbright and Taylor Wessing react to the Tuesday's London court ruling.

A London copyright dispute that many viewed as a landmark test case for generative AI has ended with no decisive winner and, according to several lawyers, with little clarity on the legality of training AI on copyrighted material.

In the closely watched proceedings, Getty Images sued Stability AI, the developer of the Stable Diffusion image-generation model, alleging it scraped millions of photographs from Getty’s websites without permission to train its AI system, resulting in copyright and trade mark infringement.

The case could have huge ramifications for AI developers and copyright and trademark law, lawyers say.

A closely watched trial expected to impact laws surrounding copyright infringement and artificial intelligence began on Monday at London's High Court.

The case pits global stock photo agency Getty Images against image generation AI company Stability AI.

Seattle-based Getty Images and associated companies filed a lawsuit against Stability AI, creators of the “Stable Diffusion” AI model, alleging it scraped millions of images from Getty’s websites without permission to train its AI, resulting in infringement of copyright and trademarks.

AI has seen demand for data centres spike—and Kirkland is riding the wave.

The rapid rise of AI has seen global demand for digital infrastructure spike. At the heart of this acceleration is the data centre: a sweeping, titanic building that houses the servers and systems that support the digital world.

Big Tech firms like Meta and Google are driving this demand, and one major law firm is becoming synonymous with the data centre boom: Kirkland & Ellis.

Goldman Sachs research projects that global power demand from data centres will climb 50% by 2027 and by as much as 165% by 2030 compared with 2023 levels.

Competition between law firms for major government contract work has increased steadily over the years.

Gowling WLG has advised the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) on a £8 billion deal that sees the U.K. supply 20 Typhoon fighter jets to Türkiye—the largest fighter jet export deal in almost two decades.

The Gowling team, led by Elizabeth Williams, partner and head of the aviation, aerospace and defence sector, includes partners Tom Cox, Sean Adams, Andrew Smith, and David Lowe.

According to the firm, the team collaborated closely with commercial teams in the National Armaments Director Group and MoD lawyers in Government Legal Department.

Gowling has acted for the MoD for over 20 years. Competition between law firms for major government contract work has increased steadily over the years. Other firms to have advised the MoD recently include Linklaters, Slaughter and May and Burges Salmon.

The flotation on the main market of the London Stock Exchange is reported to value the company at up to £2 billion.

Slaughter and May, Kirkland & Ellis and Linklaters are advising in the lead legal roles for Shawbrook Group's proposed initial public offering in London.

Shawbrook, a U.K.-based specialist digital bank, has published its registration document ahead of plans to seek admission of its shares to the main market of the London Stock Exchange, in a move reported to value the company at up to £2 billion.

Slaughter and May is advising Pollen Street Capital, which co-owns the company with BC Partners. Kirkland is acting as legal adviser to sellers BC Partners and Linklaters is advising the banks.

A deep analysis by Law.com shows how some law firms pay editors, flout the rules, whether consciously or not, and remove controversies to curate their image on one of the world's most popular websites.

Wikipedia is an unavoidable digital reality for Big Law. The popular online encyclopedia is often one of the top results when a potential client, lateral hire, or journalist searches a firm’s name.

That visibility creates both opportunity and risk: firms want their Wikipedia pages to be accurate and up to date, but they must navigate a platform whose rules forbid promotional editing, and where anyone, whether friend or foe, can make changes. According to Wikipedia Statistics, in 2024, people from all over the world made 597 million edits, 72 million of which were in English.

But a close analysis reveals a murky battleground featuring law firm employees, Wikipedia editors, activists and the public who tussle over how law firms are represented to the world.

Firms are grappling with how to appropriately bill for this rapidly changing technology—and it isn't straightforward.

Once upon a time, law firms billed for photocopying. The cost didn’t vanish into general overhead or get quietly absorbed into hourly rates.

Instead, it appeared neatly at the bottom of client invoices. "24p a sheet," as one partner recalled.

But in today's rapidly evolving AI age, the issue of machine-related costs has become vastly more complicated. Specifically, we're talking about the 'tech charge'.

With AI tools often costing firms seven figure annual sums, law firms are grappling with how to pass that cost onto clients, according to insiders.

But it's complicated.

By targeting the top end of the legal industry, the company believes it is gaining the market credibility it needs to remain the premier AI platform in the market.

In 2022, Harvey burst onto the legal tech scene, quickly becoming the poster child for how generative artificial intelligence could reshape the legal profession.

When Allen & Overy announced it was rolling out Harvey firmwide after a successful pilot, it marked a pivotal moment for AI in Big Law. In a statement the firm cited Harvey’s potential to offer a "competitive edge".

The momentum was undeniable as demand for Harvey was so intense that firms had to join a waiting list just to gain access. But its initial secrecy contributed to the idea that legal AI was opaque, even clandestine.

Backed by Canadian and European investment, the U.K. government has agreed to give Sizewell C nuclear plant the go-ahead with seven firms landing roles.

A roster of top-tier law firms are advising all sides of the development of the U.K.’s £38 billion Sizewell C nuclear power station.

Sizewell C is a British nuclear project which is expected to supply low-carbon electricity to around six million homes after completion and support 10,000 jobs at peak construction.